Story: Waikato region

More links and websites

• Waikato Regional Council

  The website of the Waikato Regional Council.

• Fieldays

  The website of New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays, the largest agricultural event in the southern hemisphere.

• The Mighty Waikato

• The official tourism website for Hamilton and the Waikato region.                                                                                                                                                

• Waikato Rugby Union

  Information for Waikato rugby fans.

• University of Waikato

  The website of the university based in Hamilton.

• Waikato memorials

  This article on NZ History offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials in Waikato.

• Wintec, Waikato Institute of Technology

  The website of the tertiary institute.

More suggestions and sources

• Te Kīngitanga: the people of the Māori King movement: essays from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Auckland: Auckland University Press/Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1996.
• Gibbons, P. G. Astride the river: a history of Hamilton. Christchurch: Whitcoulls for the Hamilton City Council, 1977.
• Gibbons, P. G. Connections: a century of commerce and industry in the Waikato, 1906–2006. Hamilton: Waikato Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2006.
• Hunt, Janet. Wetlands of New Zealand: a bitter-sweet story. Auckland: Random House, 2007.
• Martin, John E. People, politics and power stations: electric power generation in New Zealand, 1880–1998. 2nd ed. Wellington: Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1998.
• O’Malley, Vincent. The great war for New Zealand: Waikato 1800–2000. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2015.
• Stokes, Evelyn and Margaret Begg, eds. Belonging to the land – Te hononga ki te whenua: people and places in the Waikato region. Hamilton: Waikato Branch, NZ Geographical Society, 1997.